Essential Functions & Responsibilities Leadership & People Development
- Lead and mentor a mechanical engineering team, where daily duties and priorities of that team are set by leaders of NPD, Sustaining, and Sold Work
- Coordinate, plan, and distribute team resources related to prioritized requests in agreement with the Director of US Mechanical Engineering, directed by NPD, Sustaining, and Sold work leaders
- Responsible for engineers' professional development, cultivating strength while optimizing weakness, and continually growing engineers' skills in consideration of diverse cultural backgrounds with the goal of creating a strong, motivated, and balanced team
- Ensuring that the team has adequate skills redundancy and every member is part of a robust succession plan
- An ambassador of cultural collaboration, innovation, and ensuring accountability across engineering
- Promote an environment of modular development, DFM, and producing designs from a standard parts catalog
- Identify technological trends and ensure we continue to recruit new skills as necessary
- Collaborate with the leadership team to define team and individual goals, celebrating success and promoting individual recognition
